Archive for the ‘Web 2.0’ Category

Designing a logo for ApnaBill.com – weekend stuff!

I “might” be good at many things – but when it comes to designing with a mouse, I’m absolutely pathetic! One major reason for this being I lack the patience to sit in front of the PC and keep iterating over – and over again – on the same image – design and modifying it [...]

Brilliant theme + Few hours = All sexed up FourFractions.com

Dont trust me? Check this out! Old Four Fractions – cooked up in 1 hour flat! Muaahh! The new Four Fractions is so damn hot! I still cannot believe that I have created such a beauty. The new logo, the new modded theme – both look awesome! The theme used here is Hemingway by Warpspire. [...]

Issues, issues and bugs – squashed!

This weekend, I was bogged down with concurrency related problems with ApnaBill.com – all of which were solved with the 62nd svn commit. Different scenarios which we thought could have been possible User A and User B both attack the same coupon at same time User B tries to lock a coupon which was previously [...]

How to effectively deal with a redirecting Payment Gateway and prevent a possible DoS

I am at a position where I have to think in advance that how should I be coding the interactions with our (redirecting, not API based) payment gateway. What can be the best design practice – for us (as a coder), for our website (as a product) and for the end user (usability). Keeping everything [...]